wow...

wlayton this is what Richt said about Theus.

Richt sounded a bit more hopeful about Theus, considering the nature of the position.

“Of all the positions, an ankle sprain of an offensive lineman, you have more guys that just wrap it up tight and go,” Richt said. “When you get some of your more skilled athletes, it’s just tougher to stop and change direction and those types of things. I’ve seen more offensive linemen go with a bum ankle than a skill guy, so that might help us in that regard.”

Read more here: www.macon.com/2012/09/01/2159290/injurie...nk=rss#storylink=cpy

reasons reasons reasons.............tired of looking for reasons........no excuses this time around and it falls squarely on the coaching staff as to why this team played like they did.......

NO EXCUSES PERIOD

I "think" I can let this one go against a team like Buffalo because of the motivational factor alone and for me, very difficult to assess (we win by 22 instead of 38 etc)... BUT am squarely in your camp for next week. The see the same type of play, we have HUGE problems.

wlayton wrote: Wasn't trying to upset you thriller, just thinking out loud and do believe some of those 5 points to SOME degree, came into play.

On your 3,4 and 5 answers, I truly believe Buffalo had zero chance of winning that game and even though the coaches/players will never admit it they knew it too. That may be why the offense and D showed nothing to Mizzou. Our players were simply too far superior to LOSE the game, 22 point win was the worst possible scenario imo.

And I certainly believe in #5. I've been there and you probably have as well, where it just doesn't take 100% effort to win the game/match......you preach/yell at yourself to get it in gear but it just doen't come to fruition. I've seen this many times in sports.....

What I'm most worried about today is not having our starters on D and Theus getting hurt. Guys had better step up next week.

Btw.....love your avatar.

Believe me, wlayton, YOU have not upset me in the least. My alma mater's football team did that Saturday. This game has me shook up. Bad. Just like Colorado a few years ago. There is just no excuse for this. I realize we "won" by 22 points, but this would have been FAR easier to take had our defense done ANYTHING.

Yes, the paper bag just went back on. I'll take it off once our team shows me something. So far, with a few notable exceptions, they have only shown me that Buffalo had guys with my speed in their secondary.

Here are my POSITIVES from that game:

1. Todd Gurley. Hershel Walker? No. But Garrison Hearst? So far. He is THE MAN right now.
2. Keith Marshall. Todd Gurley? Not quite, but he doesn't have to be. The kid threw some hits and got an extra yard or two. Go back and watch, and you'll see a RB.
3. Merrit Hall. Mack Strong? No. Verron Haynes? No. But a kid who WANTS contact, and is willing to BUST SOME LB'S CHOPS? HEAD HUNTER ON A MISSION? I think so.
4. Michael Bennett. Watched the game again. After wiping the bile off my lips, I realized Bennett is a gamer. Would have had a better game if the coaching hadn't been on vacation.
5. Thinking . . . thinking . . . thinking . . . nope. Can't find a fifth thing to like from Saturday.

Yesterday was sad. But that's true for the Gay-tors, Wisconsin, Stanford, Michigan, and I would argue Oregon.

Can I get over it? Sure. But that is ENTIRELY under the control of the UGA football team. 11 games of kicking rear end, and I'll believe and that bag comes off in shreds.

I am not as unhappy as many of you. Maybe my threshold is lower since I know we are stuck with Richt.

It's real easy to look at this game and make excuses...

Did we play vanilla because we were shorthanded... we knew we could win using only 5 plays so we didn't want to show
our hand, etc

Here's my reply to that...

Yes that all could be true.... unfortunately we can look back to
2008, 09, 10, and 11 and see the exact same crap in games
where we were not holding back.

So I'm not buying that if that's what someone is trying to sell me, and I've got 4 years recent of history backing me up.